Saturday, December 20, 2025

PCG Reversed & PCG 12/19/2025

Philidor Counter Gambit Reversed

JimWest (Chess.com 2060) - omkar1gm (Chess.com 2050), Chess.com 12/19/2025

1.e3 e5 2.e4 Nc6 3.d3 Bc5 4.Nc3 Nf6 5.f4 d6 6.Na4 Bxg1 7.Rxg1 Ng4 8.h3 Nh2 9.Nc3 Nxf1 10.Rxf1 Qh4+ 11.Rf2 Nd4 12.Nd5 O-O 13.c3 Nc6 14.f5 b6 15.Kf1 g6 16.fxg6 fxg6 17.Rxf8+ Kxf8 18.Qf3+ Kg7 19.Bd2 Ba6


20.Nxc7 Rc8 21.Ne6+ Kg8 22.Bg5 Qh5 23.g4 Qxg5 24.Nxg5 Rf8 25.Qxf8+ Kxf8 26.Ke2 h6 27.Rf1+ Kg8 28.Nf7 Ne7 29.Nxh6+ Kg7 30.Rf7+ Kxh6 31.Rxe7 Kg5


32.Rxa7 Bc8 33.Kf3 Kh4 34.Rh7+ Kg5 35.Kg3 Ba6 36.h4+ Kf6 37.g5+ Ke6 38.c4 b5 39.b3 bxc4 40.bxc4 Bb7 41.Rxb7, Black resigns.

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Philidor Counter Gambit

b0u5t34dmax1 (lichess 1989) - JimWest (1999), lichess 12/19/2025

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 d6 3.Bc4 f5 4.d4 Nc6 5.Ng5 Nh6 6.exf5 Nxf5 7.Nf7 Qh4 8.Nxh8 Qe4+ 9.Qe2 Qxg2 10.Rf1 Ncxd4 11.Qh5+ g6 12.Qxh7 Nf3+ 13.Kd1 Be6 14.Be2 O-O-O


15.Qxg6 Qxg6 16.Nxg6 N5d4 17.Nxf8 Rxf8 18.c3 Nxe2 19.Kxe2 Bc4+ 20.Kd1 Bxf1 21.Be3 Nxh2 22.Nd2 Bd3 23.Nb3 Ng4 24.Kd2 Bc4 25.Na5 Nxe3 26.fxe3 Ba6 27.Rg1 Rf2+ 28.Kc1 Rf1+ 29.Rxf1 Bxf1


30.Kd2 Kd7 31.Nxb7 Kc6 32.Nd8+ Kd7 33.Nb7 Kc6 34.Na5+ Kb5 35.Nb3 Bc4 36.Nc1 e4 37.b3 Bd5 38.c4+ Bxc4 39.bxc4+ Kxc4 40.Ne2 c5 41.Nc3 d5 42.Kc2 a5 43.a4 d4


44.exd4 cxd4 45.Nxe4 Kb4 46.Kd3 Kxa4 47.Kxd4 Kb3 48.Nc3 a4 49.Nxa4, draw.